Homegrown. Piotr M. Szpunar

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      Homegrown: Identity and Difference in the American War on Terror

      Piotr M. Szpunar

      Homegrown

      Identity and Difference in the American War on Terror

      Piotr M. Szpunar

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      Names: Szpunar, Piotr M., author.

      Title: Homegrown : identity and difference in the American war on terror / Piotr M. Szpunar.

      Description: New York : New York University, [2018] | Series: Critical cultural communication | Includes bibliographical references and index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2017044869 | ISBN 9781479841905 (cl : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781479870332 (pb : alk. paper)

      Subjects: LCSH: Terrorism—United States—Prevention. | Terrorism—Social aspects—United States.

      Classification: LCC HV6432 .S97 2018 | DDC 363.325/170973—dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017044869

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      CONTENTS

       Entrance: A Theory of the Double

       1. Identity and Incidence: Defining Terror

       2. Informants and Other Media: Networking the Double

       3. Opacity and Transparency in Counterterrorism: Belonging and Citizenship Post-9/11

       No Exit

       Epilogue

       Acknowledgments

       Notes

       Bibliography

       Index

       About the Author

      Figure 1. Rolling Stone, August 1, 2013.

      Entrance

      A Theory of the Double

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